May 19, 2021
Africa: Financing Healthcare in Nigeria is Beyond Allocating 15% of National Budget To Health
Twenty years ago, African heads of states and governments gathered in Abuja to address infectious diseases in Africa. The declarations by the heads of States, popularly known as… Read more »
May 11, 2021
Africa: Use Teachers To Help Africa's Young People With Their Mental Health
Even before the pandemic, one in five African teenagers had thought about suicide, according to a study released last year. And this was the highest such prevalence in the world.… Read more »
April 17, 2021
Nigeria: Armed Insurgents Target Aid Groups in Borno State Attacks
United Nations agencies are alarmed that insurgent groups clashing with Nigerian security forces and attacking civilians in Borno State are targeting humanitarian groups and NGO… Read more »
April 09, 2021
Africa: Building Peace in Troubled Places – South Sudan, the Sahel, Mozambique
A backgrounder for AllAfrica's online discussion with scholars and peace practitioners. Read more »
April 06, 2021
Africa: Drawing The Line On Malaria
A recent survey conducted by the RBM Partnership to End Malaria and Gallup International shows that African youth are determined to end malaria. Conducted across six countries -… Read more »
March 29, 2021
Nigeria: Toxic Workplaces and Office Drama in Romantic Comedy 'Who's the Boss'
If you don't know how to spend your Easter holiday, Who's the Boss may do the trick. Read more »
March 26, 2021
Africa: U.S. Anti-Abortionists Tell African Women Dangerous 'Abortion Pill Reversal' Works
An investigation into the practice of telling women that about 'Abortion pill reversal' (APR) - a controversial treatment first developed by a California-based family physician -… Read more »
March 24, 2021
Africa: Big Boost for African Development as Nigerian Business Leader Samad Rabiu Pledges to Give $100 Million Yearly
6 Nigerian varsities get N6b for starters Read more »
March 01, 2021
Nigeria: Nollywood Tackles Sex-for-Marks in New Movie
Why do some unscrupulous lecturers ask for sexual favors from students for good grades or for other rewards? Read more »
February 18, 2021
Nigeria: Appointment of Bawa is Anti-Corruption Game-Changer
With the appointment of Abdulrasheed Bawa, President Muhammadu Buhari may have finally found a magic wand to reinvigorate the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Read more »
February 08, 2021
Nigeria: BUA Donates a Million AstraZeneca Covid Vaccine Doses
Purchased through a private sector partnership by the corporate group that imports materials to process locally, the vaccine will be the first available to Nigerians. Read more »
January 22, 2021
Nigeria: Nation's Human Rights Record in 2020
An excerpt on Nigeria from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
Africa: Former U.S. Officials Call on Biden to Back WTO Selection for Okonjo-Iweala
A cross-section of former senior U.S. government officials, including a Nobel Laureate, along with academicians and civil society leaders, have written to President Biden in… Read more »
January 19, 2021
Africa: Outgoing U.S State Department's Top Africa Official Cites 'Significant' Achievements
At the end of his tenure as the top Africa policymaker in the State Department, Assistant Secretary Tibor Nagy says the legacy of the outgoing administration includes a number… Read more »
January 05, 2021
Africa: Here's How Africans Can Advocate for Covid-19 Vaccine Equity
Now that COVID-19 vaccines are available, the richest countries in the world have effectively bought them up. African leaders have let them. Read more »
December 14, 2020
Africa: People Power Under Attack 2020 - Africa
An excerpt from the CIVICUS Monitor report: Read more »
December 07, 2020
Nigeria: Authorities Must Urgently Heed Pledges to Counter Boko Haram Violence - Peace Scholar
The Boko Haram terrorist group claimed to have killed 78 people in Nigeria's Borno State last week. The bodies of at least 40 migrant rice farmers, working in Zabarmari village,… Read more »
December 03, 2020
Africa: Women's Voices 'Locked Out' in Covid-19 Reporting
Due to the political nature of the crisis, the marginalization of women in decision-making roles in the countries analyzed "locks in" the suppression of women's voices, the… Read more »
November 06, 2020
Africa: Lesson for Governments - Africa's Civil Society Helps Mitigate Covid-19 Crisis
Covid-19 has presented a severe danger for African societies and economies, as people faced the threat not only of the virus, but also of lockdown regulations that hit vulnerable… Read more »
November 03, 2020
Africa: Covid-19 Death Toll Exceeds 43,000
As of November 03, the confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries have reached 1,803,413. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 43,390 and recoveries 1,473,556. Read more »
November 02, 2020
Nigeria: Learning from #EndSARS - A New U.S. Policy Toward Nigeria
Nigerians are still reeling from the past couple of weeks, in shock after Nigerian soldiers killed more than a dozen unarmed civilians who joined in the #EndSARS protests against… Read more »
October 23, 2020
Nigeria: #EndSARS Activists Turn Attention to 2023 Election
A leading civil society body organising around the ongoing protests against police brutality has called for supporters to stop sending donations to assist protesters. The Feminist… Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari Must Meet Legitimate Demands of Protesters - Former Central Bank Deputy Governor
The killings by security authorities of Nigerian citizens peacefully protesting against brutality is a travesty and a tragedy. Read more »
October 21, 2020
Nigeria: My Heart Is Broken - a Leader Weeps for Her Country and Its Fallen Children
I am heartbroken, along with millions of Nigerian mothers, grandmothers, and women, to have borne witness to the killing of a still uncounted number of our nation's children,… Read more »
October 14, 2020
Nigeria: Leading the World Trade Organization - The Case for Nigeria's Okonjo-Iweala
The selection process for the leadership of the World Trade Organization in Geneva is down to two finalists. Both are women – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's former minister… Read more »